European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday october 19, 1967 the stars and stripes conscience of parents9 Page 5 Catholic laymen urge birth control Choice Rome a in a tumultuous debate the worldwide Assembly of roman Catholic Layme urged the Church wednesday to let Catholic couples choose whichever birth control methods they deem Best. The laymen called on Pope Paul i to speak out clearly on the moral and spiritual aspects of birth control without proposing any specific solution for limiting births. In a five hour session punctuated by walkouts and catcalls the Heads of 103 National delegations and various Catholic International groups gave an Over whelming majority to a Resolution advocating responsible parenthood by All christians. Facing the languishing prob Lem of demographic expansion the Assembly recall the need of a Clear statement of the teaching authorities of the Church concentrated on the fundamental moral and spiritual values without proposing them selves scientific or technical solutions to achieve responsible parenthood leaving the Choice of the Means to the conscience of parents in conformity with thei Christian Faith and in Consulta Tion with trained medical an scientific advisers the Resolution executive body of the third world Congress of the Lay apostolate had 67 delegation Heads mostly asians and africans voting in favor and 21against, while 10 abstained. The statement contained in general Resolution on world development was branded a Here by by Lebanon s delegation chief Tanos Al Hajj. We cannot order the Churchon anything this is a heresy he declared before abruptly walking out of the meeting. Previously prof. Raimond Manzini director of the Vatican daily Osse Vatore Romano also left in a Huff after the meeting refused to vote on a state Menton the Catholic press. Manzini who Heads the inter National Catholic press Union one of the International organizations represented at the con Gress said its failure to draft Strong statement on the role and the Freedom of the Catholic press was a monumental mis the Resolution on development the laymen vote through a handful of statements ranging from a condemnation of racial religious and ideological discrimination to a Call for a enlargement of Vatican Lay of the resolutions by the last plenary Assembly of the eight Day Congress later was expected to be a Mere controversial subject of mixed marriages did not come Toa vote As about 20 Resolution drafts were left standing by the if Al 24 25 40 50 41 34 35 i to 31 51 17 20 14 49 27 3t 44 10 ii horizontal1. Strike 5. Greek letter 8. Plunge12. Balkan leader13. Possessed 14. Operatic Melody .18. 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The Resolution urged that mixed marriages per formed by ministers of the main protestant faiths be considered valid and that the Choice of Faith for children in such marriages be left up to both Lay Congress statement was aimed at pressing Pope Paulto decide whether to lift the Catholic ban against any use of birth control other than abstinence during a woman s Fer tile Cycle. A papal commission studying the subject submitted a majority report last year that recommended easing the Church rules but the Pope has withheld his decision. The laymen s debate often broke Down into violent exchanges which Canadian chair Man Romeo Maione had difficulty interrupting with pleas for Christian Friendship and Chari , before walking out had claimed that the presiding officers had deeply insulted him by not considering his pres Resolution which was referred for inclusion in the general re port. At a later Point when Dele Gates began arguing about specific contraception methods Al Gerian gynaecologist Janine Bel Khodja one of the presiding officers snapped please Stop. We Are not in a medical family portrait president Johnson reaches out to itchy Koo his grandson As the first family gathers at the lbs ranch in Texas for a portrait. At left Are Pat and Luci Nugen tand son Patrick Lyndon and mrs. Johnson. Right Lynda and Fiance Charles Robb. Up red guards say envoys abroad buy insurance Hong Kong up a peking red guard publication was re ported tuesday to have charge that chinese communist Diplo Mats abroad purposely provoke demonstrations As political insurance so they could return Home As heroes after living like capitalists in the West. A Hong Kong newspaper the right Wing sing Tao Jih Pao said the red guard charge was contained in an article appearing in he communist chinese foreign ministry s House Organ. Those revisionist Diplomat stirred up incidents and provoked the government and peo ple in their Mission countries according to the article As re printed in the Hong Kong paper. They got themselves injured and returned Home As heroes. Now Clever they Are to by themselves political the newspaper said the article was prepared by Young red guards who had studied ambassador in a certain nation has an american High Grade Chrysler the article said. Worse it charged some Diplo Mats look Down on chinese the article added our ambassadors and attaches and their wives Wear eat and use Ameri can British German French and japanese things and when they return they bring a lot of foreign made television sets radios tape recorders cameras bicycles watches toys radio peking meanwhile broadcast a new Call for strict adherence to communist Domain the form of a demand from defense minister Lin Piao forbore thought refolding through the leadership ranks of the Armand the communist party. Speaking to army personnel government cadres and red guards Lin demanded a close study of the dictates of chair Man Mao tse Tung. We must respond to the great Call of chairman Mao with the four words fight selfishness repudiate revisionism said the defense minister generally considered As Mao s right hand Man. Ariz. Killer wanted to outdo9 spech Phoenix Ariz. A Rich Ard Benjamin Smith sought a Beauty shop for his killings be cause he thought he could find enough victims there to outdo Richard speck a psychiatrist testified. He wanted to find a place where he could kill More than eight persons the number of nurses speck killed in Chicago or. Samuel Wick testified tues Day at the 19-year-old youth trial on charges of killing four women and a child in a Mes Beauty College last nov. 12. The idea started As a Day dream the defense witness said but developed to the Point where the High school honors student could t Tell what was a dream and what was a Felt he had to do some thing to gain immediate Atten Tion and become known like his heroes Julius Caesar an Baron von Richthofen the world War i German flying Ace Wick , who has examined Smith nine times said the defendant described the crime As if he were standing by watching someone else commit it
